Multimedia Lesson Plan (Prezi): Alice from a critical perspective.
Subject Area:
Language Arts
Grade Level:
Eleventh Grade
Unit Title:
Literature of the Screen- Alice in Wonderland
GLCEs/ HSCE:
CE 1.5.1 Use writing, speaking, and visual expression to develop powerful, creative and critical messages. CE 1.5.4 Use technology tools to produce polished written and multimedia works CE 3.4.1 Use methods of close and contextualized reading and viewing to examine, interpret, and evaluate print and visual media and other works from popular culture.
METS-S/NETS-T
NETS-S.6.b. Select and use applications effectively and productively. NETS-S.2.d. Contribute to project teams to produce original works or solve problems
Essential Questions:
What theory interested you most?
Why are theories important?
What information is important for researching?
What makes a presentation interesting?
Objectives:
Students in groups will create a prezi about the story by using the lenses of a critical theory of literature found off the filamentality treasure hunt. Research for the critical tehory will be found using a hotlist and a tutorial via jing. The prezi will include the definition of the theory, a thesis, quotes of the story with a defense/description on how this connects to their theory, pictures from the internet that tie into their theory or argument, references, and background.
Tools and Resources:
Prezi
Internet
Filamentality sheet
hotlist
Jing
computers
Rationale:
Students will work in groups and get a deeper understaning of a literary critical theory. The filamentality search will provide the list of what critical theories there are to choose from. The hot list provides a list of references for the students to use to research. This helps students to analyze website and process data. The Jing video will teach the students how to make a prezi. The Prezis will reinvent ways way that a reader will view a story. The story must be analyzed using a critical literary theory. The elements in prezi will be used to definition of the theory, a thesis, quotes of the story with a defense/description on how this connects to their theory, pictures from the internet that tie into their theory or argument, references, and background.
Sequence of Activities:
Anticipatory Questions/Activity:
The introduction will be a worksheet on how to analyze information from a website. This helps the students keep their eyes open onwhat to look for on a credible website or not. Handout on Website Evaluation
Body of Lesson Plan: Segment #1
(Artifact: link to real world, website, book, picture, etc.)
Students by using the beginning activity will be able to evaluate sources more effectively. The teacher provides the list of websites for the research but there is a wide variety of sites available on the hotlist. Students will then have to use analytical skills to judge and evaluate which sources to use for the assignment. The theory and prezi will connect to the text being analyzed.
Segment #2
(Factual information/Vocab
Includes sample feedback loop)
Questions:
What does your theory look at?
Student answer: My theory looks at the psychology behind the story.
What part of the story will you be analyzing
Student answer: I will be studying the section on why the characters react the way they do
What will you look at on the websites to guide you?
Student answer: the content and the author
Vocab:
Psychoanalytic criticism: Freudian criticism, Jungian criticism and Lacanian criticism
Students who learn from reading will read the information off of the sites. Students who learn from self-discovery will learn from researching the information. Students who learn visualization will learn from seeing the example made by the educator.
Segment #4
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Students will start by discussing how to analyze information on a website after reading the handout on what to look for when evaluating a website handout.
Students will pick a critical theory they find the most interesting from the filamentality list.
Students will use the filamentality worksheet and hotlist for references to researching a critical theory.
Students will view a teacher created jing on how to make a prezi and view a sample Prezi.
Students will make a prezi that meets the following criteria.
the definition of the theory, a thesis, quotes of the story with a defense/description on how this connects to their theory, pictures from the internet that tie into their theory or argument, references, and background.
Students will present their theory to the class by using the prezi to present the information.
Alice from a critical perspective.
CE 1.5.4 Use technology tools to produce polished written and multimedia works
CE 3.4.1 Use methods of close and contextualized reading and viewing to examine, interpret, and evaluate print and visual media and other works from popular culture.
NETS-S.2.d. Contribute to project teams to produce original works or solve problems
Segment #1
(Artifact: link to real world, website, book, picture, etc.)
(Factual information/Vocab
Includes sample feedback loop)
- What does your theory look at?
- Student answer: My theory looks at the psychology behind the story.
- What part of the story will you be analyzing
- Student answer: I will be studying the section on why the characters react the way they do
- What will you look at on the websites to guide you?
- Student answer: the content and the author
Vocab:(Includes multiple intelligence strategy:
Hands-on, small groups, reteaching strategy)
(Detailed directions on how to complete activity)